Literary Devices In Tangerine, By Edward Bloor

In the novel “Tangerine” by Edward Bloor, the main character, Paul Fisher faces numerous challenges that shape him into the person he is now. Some of these challenges he caused himself, but many were from the people around him, the people he knew, his friends and even family. Two people that are responsible for making him who he is now are his parents. if it weren't for them, Paul's everyday life would be dramatically different. Many of the choices made by his parents were horrible, many of them affected paul very negatively.

One theme in the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor is, disasters can sometimes turn into positive change. During reading, one can notice how thinking something will turn out good, won't. As said in the book, Paul thinks moving to Florida will turn out fine, but when they arrive, there are many complications like when the school is thought to be safe but it isn't, because it is built on a sinkhole. After the devastation, the school needs relocation fast. The school has a meeting and Paul realizes he is open to a new future.

In the two scenes on pg 61-65, Wiesel uses the stylistic technique such as imagery to give the reader the feeling of being in that scene and imagine it. Another stylistic technique is metaphors and diction give a better feeling of the story and give it more dramatic. An example of his imagery is when Wiesel said: “He was still alive when I passed him, his tongue was still red, his eyes not yet extinguished. ”This quote helps the readers make the words Wiesel uses to create an image of them and picture it in their mind.

In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game,” the author, Richard Connell uses the wonders of figurative language to spice things up in many ways throughout the story. Almost every page had something lying within itself, hidden behind metaphors similes, personification, and the list goes on. Some examples of how Richard Connell uses figurative language were clearly displayed on page 62: “Didn’t you notice that the crew’s nerves were a bit jumpy today?” This page also began to reveal the main feeling/emotion of the story(eerie/suspicious) came to be-which was set off by the example I used above. In this scene, the author uses very descriptive words and/or adjectives in his choice(s) of figurative language when he writes, “There was no breeze.

Had your mom hurt you really bad without her physically hurting you? Well the novel tangerine is about as kid name paul who is hurt from all around him and goes on an wild aveter form school to school, and suffers from being legally blind but says he can see good, but no one believes him at all, Pauls is also a really big fan for soccer. In this essay you will learn all the ways that Pauls mom Mrs. Fisher lies, and gets him in trouble, aslo how she helps him. Mrs. Fisher’s choice to fill out IEP paperwork for Paul affected him by getting him kicked off the Lake Windsor soccer team.

How does it communicate an idea or feeling better than it could written in plain literal language? Answer - One example of figurative language in the novel is when Melinda says,”Mr. Freeman is ugly. Big old grasshopper body,like a stilt-walking

He makes great use of simile and metaphor in this book. For example, when he is talking about being so close up to a dramatic game he says “It was one of those moments when Brian felt as if baseball was close enough for him to reach out and touch. Like his hands were around the handle of a

Ray Bradbury decides to use a decent amount of metaphors in The Veldt. For example a metaphor he uses in the story is, this bake oven with murder in the heat. The metaphor is helping the reader by Ray showing an example of comparing two things without like or as. In particular another metaphor would be, it seemed that at a distance for the past month, he had heard the lions roaring, and smelled their strong odor. Ray Bradbury uses metaphors very carefully in this story.

Recently I read the book, Tangerine. The story is about a boy named Paul Fisher and his family moving to Tangerine, Florida. The theme is even though it appears perfect on the outside, the inside is grotesque. In this passage, there are many ugly things that happen to Paul and his family. Beguile occurrences take place in the form of a muck fire, sinkhole, and thievery.

“Can it Get Any Better Than This?” People have high expectations for desirables, it is a part of human nature. Wealth, fame, athleticism, and intelligence all sound very appealing to the average person. John Steinbeck, in the novel Of Mice and Men, portrays that it can sometimes take small things for someone to be as happy as they can possibly be. The main characters, George Milton and Lennie Small, are two migrant workers in California who follow the American dream.

one of the many times he uses imagery throughout this story is when the narrator says, “on his way he would see the cottages and homes with their dark windows, and it was not unequal to walking through a graveyard where only the faintest glimmers of firefly light appeared in flickers behind the windows” (Pg 1). By using imagery to compare walking through the neighborhood as walking through a graveyard shows that it is completely silent and there is no activity in any of the houses. Most people wouldn't describe their neighborhood as a graveyard, this also develops the mood. Another time he uses imagery is when the narrator says, “The street was silent and long and empty, with only his shadow moving like the shadow of a hawk in mid-country” (1). This shows mood because the narrator describes him as a hawk in mid-country, that means that he is all alone in what he feels to be like a barren or abandoned place.

“I remember the fear in his eyes. I know that fear. It’s my fear” (Bloor, 76). Edward Bloor’s novel, Tangerine, is about how Paul’s life has become a personal horror show, thanks to his older brother, Erik. The twisted antagonist upsets Paul by causing him to live in constant fear, making his friends start to exclude him, and hurt his confidence so he won’t stand up for himself.

Sinkholes, ongoing muck fires, and reoccuring lightning strikes along with Paul’s older brother Erik cause his new town of Tangerine to seem as if the world is ending. Tangerine written by Edward Bloor is packed full of descriptive phrases that make you feel as if you are a character in this novel along with the constant action making the novel a must read book. The small town of Tangerine is anything but ideal for Paul and his mother, but for Paul’s brother Erik and their father it is the exact opposite. The “Erik Fisher football dream” that Mr. Fisher has created has turned his son Erik into a self-centered football maniac. When even in the face of danger Paul is able to keep his cool and can ignore the fact that he could be putting himself

“Hey Mars!” Imagine being called that every day. At least one time. Imagine being kicked off the soccer team because of your eyesight, which appears to be fine. Imagine having to deal with the death of a kid due to lightning.

(1). He uses the rhetorical device of figurative language to give the reader a strong image of his feeling